At the heart of the incentive to innovate is intellectual property protections. Patent rights ensure that inventors reap the rewards of their discoveries — the result of untold hours of toiling …

For some politicians, the rise to political power is meteoric and surprising. Donald Trump’s sudden ascent from conspiracy-theory-peddling reality TV host to the presidency is undoubtedly the most …

"I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost," Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger (U.S. Army) allegedly wrote in an explanatory note on his phone before shooting himself inside a Tesla …

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, student performance fell across much of the United States. According to a new study of 2022 math and reading scores, however, North Carolina students suffered …

As Christmas approached, the never-ending 2024 “short session” of our General Assembly passed a resolution for North Carolina to join eight other states in calling for a convention of states. The …

To the editor: The older we get, it seems, the faster that time seems to fly by. To a child, one hundred years is hard to comprehend; but age, at least, better equips us to take a century's measure. …

"How can this be called a 'continuing resolution,'" Elon Musk asked concerning Congress's next-to-last stopgap government funding bill, "if it includes a 40% pay increase for Congress?" The real …

The Republican Party enjoyed impressive electoral successes in 2024. Its candidates won the presidency, the U.S. Senate, and (narrowly) the U.S. House, while retaining control of most state …

One of the initiatives of the upcoming Trump administration is the “DOGE,” — the new Department of Government Efficiency. Its stated goal is finding unneeded government spending to be …

North Carolina has one of the freest economies on the continent — a fact that augers well for the future of our state and its (now) 11 million residents. That’s one of the findings of the latest …

When Bill Belichick was hired as head football coach at Carolina, at a reported $50 million compensation package, the first thought that came to my mind was that former UNC President Bill Friday had …

America’s courts and the judges who sit on them have always been inextricably linked to the world of politics. Indeed, the idea that lawyers who are either appointed by politicians or who run for …

On Dec. 13, president-elect Donald Trump pledged on Truth Social that in his coming term the Republican Party will "use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time." It's not very often I …

Of course Congress and the White House are going to reduce federal funding for Medicaid expansion. Of course North Carolina and other states will be forced either to reduce Medicaid coverage or to …

I don’t know Allison Riggs or Jefferson Griffin and I’m willing to wager you don’t either. But for more than a month they have been involved in an election kerfuffle that has prevented our …

I was introduced to the concept of tariffs over half a century ago when I took my first undergraduate economics class. While I remembered the definition for the next test, to be honest, I didn’t …

The agricultural industry has a growing challenge — and a budding opportunity to solve it. According to a recent study, only 24% of U.S. adults have a high degree of trust in the information they …

American manufacturing is staging a comeback. More companies are building new facilities stateside or expanding existing ones. The biggest headwind? Companies are struggling to fill positions on — …

America's first patent statutes date to the 18th century, when steam engines and cotton gins were cutting-edge. The law that defines what inventions are patentable was written in 1793, and its …

North Carolina Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin was fully within his rights in recent weeks to request a pair of recounts in his razor-thin loss to incumbent Democratic Supreme …